The last event of Territorios screens the videos currently within the exhibition in succession, with accompanying discussion. The films reflect on the psycho-historical context of Mexican land ownership since colonization and the complexities of land restitution in that context, as well as a set of tools on autonomous agrarian organizing in Oaxaca. The videos connect to South African hurdles to progressive restitution and community land management, as well as to potential tools for organising such as Letsema and Kgotla.
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Territorios is the first iteration of Izwe: plant praxis, a multipart exhibition series curated by MADEYOULOOK for the Goethe-Institut Gallery space.
Territorios is a project by the Visual Arts Network of South Africa (VANSA) together with organisations from Arts Collaboratory: Mas Arte Mas Accion in Bogota, Crater Invertido in Mexico City, Soleil d’Afrique in Bamako, Doual’art in Douala, and ArtGroup705 in Bishkek.
The project explores questions of territory - both rural and urban, for land workers and for artists, and resulted in a multi-publication. It was recently exhibited at the Bolivia Biennale, and now travels to Johannesburg.
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